Fishing bait



Mal'rch 17, 1925.- r 1,530,343

A. BAYER FISHING BAIT Filed D96. 18, 1924 trolling.

1 ends to a hook-carrying the other end of the bait being pro- -ner,

Patented Man-17, 1925,

Afnnnr BAYER, or MILWAUKEE-WISCONSIN.

FISHING BAIT.

I Application filed December 18, 1924. Serial No. 756,767,

To all whomitmayco n'cernf I Be it known that I, -ALBERT BAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing Baits; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. 1 i My invention relates to improvements in fishing baits of the type'in which a bait member is. rotated as the device is drawn through the water, for instance,

: It is the object of the invention to rovide a? device of the class setforth, in w ich a unique form of bait is driven by a rotating spinner and is connected at one of its stem, by said spin vided with, a hearing which is rotatable upon the hook-carrying end of said. stem.

A further aim of the invention is to rovide a iinique construction, in which the liait and the spinner are formed from a single sheet metal blank. j

With the foregoing in view, the invention resjdes in the novel subject matter hereinafter described andclaimed, the description being supplemented bythe accompanying length of wire,

drawing.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. F'gure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thrciugh a portion of the device.

Figure 3 is a plan-view of the blank from which the spinner and the bait are formed.

I In the drawing above briefly described,

the numeral 1 designates a straight shank which is. preferably forme I one end of sai shank being adapted for connection with a fishing line,

while its other end is provide with an appropriate hook or hooks 2. .In the construction shown, the first named end of the stem 1, passes into a metallic tube 3, one end of said tube having 'a swivel 4 for. connec tion to the fishing line, while its other end is merely formed with anppening through which the stem 1 passes slidably. Confined within the tube, between the last named end thereof and an appropriate abutment 5 on the stem 1, is a coiled compression spring '6 which establishes a yielda-ble connection between the stem and the tube, so that there when , through the center of a. single,

is practically no danger of breaking the fish jerks upon the hook, or if dbris line when a said hook should catch inany roots, or the like while trolling.

Freely rotatable upon the stem 1, between a pair of enlargements: 7 and 8 thereon, is a water-rotated spinner ably provided with two, opposed, pitched blades. 'This spinner is nearthe line end of the stem 1, and extending from it to the hook-carrying end ofsaidstem, is a helical bait 10, said bait being disposed around the stem 1 in outwardly spaced relation with the latter. The end of the 'bait l0, adjacent the hook 2, is rotatably connected with the stem' 1, by a suitable bearing 11, this bearing being preferably formed by bending one end-0f Fig. 1.' The other end of the bait 10 is 9, whichis prefcrthe bait', as indicated in secured. to the central portion of the spinner 9 and is by this spinner with the-stem 1. In the preferred manner of constructing rotatably connected single elongated metal strip which is-indi-' cated at 10 in Fig.5 3, and the spinner is the device, the bait: 10 is formed from a formed from an elongated head integral with one end of the, strip and disposed obliquely thereof as indicated at 9 in Fig. The strip and the head are stamped from a (a single piece of sheet metal, and the stamping operation may also form an opening 12 of said head, to later receive the stem 1. Then, the strip and head are bent upon the line 13 (Fig. 3),.the opposite ends of the head are slightly twist-. ed to form the spinner blades, and the strip 10 is curved into helical form to provide the bait 10, the free end of said strip being bent .to provide the bearing 11.

By providingthe construction shown and described, a very simple and inexpensive, yet an efiicient and desirable fishing bait is produced, and as excellent results are obtainable from the exactdetails' disclosed, they may well be followed. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed, minor changes may be made.

I claim I A fishingfbait comprising a stem adapted for connection with a line atone end' and for carrying a hook at its other end, a water operated spinner rotatably mounted on the line endof said stem, and an elongated helical bait surrounding and spaced outwardly from said stem, said bait having .1. hearing at one of its ends rotatably suring formed from'an elongated head inte- "rounding the hook-carrying end of the stem, gral with the other end of said strip and i the other end of said bait being secured to disposed obliquely to the latter. 10 i said spinner and being by the latter con- In testimony whereof Ir havehereunto affiected rotatably to the stem, said bait being fixed my signature.

formed of a. single metal strip with one end 4 bent to form said bearing, said spinner be- ALBERT BAYER. 

